Neil Gaiman: Are You The Next Generation of Children's Fiction Writers? →
From the questions, I think it’s a safe bet to assume there are a lot of young writers reading this Tumblr.
If you’re aged 18-25, and you write children’s fiction then you should check out the Hotkey Press (a new publisher, headed by Sarah Odedina, who was my editor, and J. K. Rowling’s, at…
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A statement I stand beside, and an image I think sums up so many of our childhoods and lives.
kjmichalak:
“[D]on’t ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that’s what they’re there for. Use your library). Don’t apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend’s copy. What’s important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read… ” ― Neil Gaiman](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1gxk0YYRe1rnqj4jo1_1280.jpg)
A statement I stand beside, and an image I think sums up so many of our childhoods and lives.
“[D]on’t ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that’s what they’re there for. Use your library). Don’t apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend’s copy. What’s important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read… ”
― Neil Gaiman
